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Educators in Iowa reacted to a call for schools to play a pivotal role in curbing childhood obesity by pointing out the steps they have taken to improve students' health. Some schools have changed what foods students are served in cafeterias, and others are using technology, such as active video games, in physical-education lessons.

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A 4-month-old Labrador retriever was diagnosed with canine dysautonomia and eventually euthanized. The rare, deadly disease kills nerve cells that control involuntary activity including heart and pupil function. Veterinarians do not know what causes the disease, but some suspect it could be contracted by eating disturbed soil, including potting soil.

Kennedy High School in Iowa has created a partnership with a high school in China to encourage language and cultural studies exchanges between students. Educators from China visited the Iowa school to make the partnership official during a signing ceremony that students attended.

A school project studying food waste and the environment led three Iowa City middle-school students to present their case in support of a landfill bill in the Iowa state Senate. The students, ages 11, 12 and 13, spoke about methane gas emissions from food waste in landfills during a legislative subcommittee meeting at the state capitol. One senator credited them with changing his mind on the bill, which could make it to the Senate floor in mid-March.

In Iowa, educators reacted to a call for schools to play a pivotal role in curbing childhood obesity by pointing out the steps they have taken to improve students' health. Schools are changing their menus to meet updated nutrition guidelines, and some are using technology, such as active video games, in physical education lessons.

An asbestos-removal project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has jumped from nearly $43,000 to more than $1.7 million, the city's library director said. The unexpected work is at a downtown library site, where debris from a school demolished in 1946 was found to contain asbestos.